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NHB Regional Bowl a JV Round #9 NHB Regional Bowl A JV Round 9 First Quarter 1. One of this author's characters learns the story of Annie Tyler and Who Flung. In that work, one character dies after the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. The discovery of this author’s grave was described in a magazine article by Alice Walker. For 10 points, name this author of a novel about Tea Cake and Janie Crawford called Their Eyes Were Watching God. ANSWER: Zora Neale Hurston 023-11-60-09101 2. The first member of this house passed the title Lord of Annandale to his descendants. Edward of Balliol advanced on the forces of David II, who was a member of this house. The hero of the Battle of Bannockburn who signed the Treaty of Northampton with England was a member of this house. For 10 points, name this royal house that includes Robert I of Scotland. ANSWER: Bruce family [or House of Bruce; or Clan Bruce] 124-11-60-09102 3. This leader founded the League of Oppressed Peoples and worked for the anti-French underground. This leader's General Giap tricked the French at the siege of Dien Bien Phu. The Seventeenth Parallel divided this leader's country. This leader launched the Tet Offensive and was supported by the Viet Cong. For 10 points, name this Vietnamese communist Leader. ANSWER: Ho Chi Minh [or Nguyen Sinh Cung; or Nguyen Tat Thanh; or Nguyen Ai Quoc] 124-11-60-09103 4. Settlers arrived at this colony on the Susan Constant and Godspeed under Christopher Newport, although many died during the "Starving Time." This colony was the first site of the House of Burgesses. One leader of it was John Smith, who may have been saved by Pocahontas. For 10 points, name this first permanent English colony in the U.S. ANSWER: Jamestown Colony 052-11-60-09104 5. This man appointed Eduard Shevardnadze as Minister of Foreign Affairs and attended the second Geneva Summit to meet with Ronald Reagan. In an attempt to abandon the Brezhnev Doctrine as general secretary, this man introduced the policies of perestroika and glasnost. For 10 points, name this final head of state of the USSR, a man with a distinctive birthmark. ANSWER: Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev 052-11-60-09105 6. Before one victory, this general got into a shouting match with Benedict Arnold and relieved him of command. Known as "Granny," this man's allies tried to place him above George Washington as part of the Conway Cabal. He was the overall commander at the 1777 battle where John Burgoyne surrendered. For 10 points, name this victor at the Battle of Saratoga. ANSWER: Horatio Lloyd Gates 052-11-60-09106 NHB Regional Bowl A JV Round 9 Page 1 of 11 7. During this rule's reign, Saigo led a revolt of samurai warriors. This ruler won Sakhalin Island in a treaty that ended a war that began with an attack on the Russian fleet at Port Arthur. He signed the Charter Oath, seeking to Westernize his country. For 10 points, name this Japanese emperor who started his namesake Restoration in the late 19th century. ANSWER: Meiji Tenno [or Meiji Matsuhito] 124-11-60-09107 8. This politician came to power after the "winter of discontent" and presided over a struggle between the "wets" and the "dries." In response to Argentinian aggression, this politician authorized an invasion of the Falkland Islands. For 10 points, name this "Iron Lady," a close ally of Ronald Reagan who served as British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990. ANSWER: Margaret Hilda Thatcher [or Margaret Hilda Roberts] 003-11-60-09108 9. Pierre-Francois Palloy gave tours of where this event took place and sold models made from stones found there. Participants had been allowed in the Hôtel des Invalides by Charles de Sombreuil, but were hampered in this action by the marquis de Launay. Camille Desmoulins organized this event, which saw people carrying busts of the duke of Orléans and the recently dismissed Jacques Necker. For 10 points, name this action which took place July 14, 1789, now celebrated as a national holiday in France. ANSWER: Storming of the Bastille [or obvious equivalents] 121-11-60-09109 10. As Secretary of State, this man negotiated a treaty with Emiliano Chamorro that gave the U.S. the right to build a Nicaraguan canal. This man resigned as Secretary of State after a second note was sent protesting the Lusitania sinking. For 10 points, name this man who lost two elections to William McKinley as leader of the Democrats and Populists. ANSWER: William Jennings Bryan 133-11-60-09110 NHB Regional Bowl A JV Round 9 Page 2 of 11 NHB Regional Bowl A JV Round 9 Second Quarter 1. This ruler asked Gregory XIII to help him end one war by making peace with Poland. That peace led to this ruler losing all the gains he made in the Livonian War. This ruler created an assembly called the zemsky sobor, and he designated one part of his land to be administered by himself. That land included a group of horsemen called the oprichniki, who terrorized the boyars. For 10 points, name this tsar whose killing of his oldest son contributed to the beginning of the Time of Troubles. ANSWER: Ivan the Terrible [or Ivan IV of Russia; or Ivan Vasilyevich; or Ivan Grozny] 140-11-60-09101 BONUS: Ivan the Terrible created what elite Russian guard that revolted against Peter the Great and was thus disbanded? ANSWER: Streltsy 140-11-60-0910-1 2. One revolt in this city was an uprising by its wool carders known as the ciompi. One leader of this city known as "the Gouty" had a son killed in the Pazzi Conspiracy. The Bonfire of the Vanities was conducted in this city by followers of a Dominican monk later burned at the stake; that monk was Girolamo Savonarola. A family that ruled this city for a century started with Cosimo and included Lorenzo the Magnificent. For 10 points, identify this Italian city ruled by the Medici family. ANSWER: Florence [or Firenze; or Florentia] 126-11-60-09102 BONUS: This author's most famous work was dedicated to Lorenzo de Medici's grandson during this author's exile. Identify this political theorist and author of The Prince whose name is used as a synonym for "scheming." ANSWER: Niccolo Machiavelli 126-11-60-0910-1 3. One general of this man won a battle off Cape Naulochus that destroyed the fleet of Sextus Pompeius. Before that victory, this ruler was given ships by the Treaty of Tarentum. This man had his successor and Drusus the Elder invade Germany, which was stopped after the destruction of Varus' army in Teutoburg Forest. Marcus Agrippa won the Battle of Actium for this man against his former ally in the Second Triumvirate, Mark Antony. For 10 points, name this adopted son of Julius Caesar who served as the first Roman emperor. ANSWER: Augustus Caesar [or Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus; or Gaius Octavius] 020-11-60-09103 BONUS: As the first emperor, Augustus established what force of personal bodyguards for future Roman emperors? ANSWER: Praetorian Guard [or Cohors Praetoria] 020-11-60-0910-1 NHB Regional Bowl A JV Round 9 Page 3 of 11 4. This man parodied William Jennings Bryan by warning of a "Cross of Iron" in his "The Chance for Peace" speech. This President attacked unchecked spending and told of the dangers of the growing influence of the military-industrial complex in his farewell address. This President's namesake doctrine provided for aid to Middle Eastern nations in response to the growing danger of communism. For 10 points, name this President who defeated Adlai E. Stevenson in 1952 and was Supreme Commander of Allied troops in World War II. ANSWER: Dwight David Eisenhower 040-11-60-09104 BONUS: Eisenhower invoked his namesake doctrine in Operation Blue Bat, which consisted of a mission to this nation in response to calls for aid from its President, Camille Chamoun. ANSWER: Lebanon [or Lebanese Republic; or Al Jumhuriyah al Lubnaniyah] 040-11-60-0910-1 5. At this event, Ansel Bascom gave a speech about a recently passed property bill. One organizer of this event read Martha Wright’s article “Hints for Wives.” This event adopted twelve resolutions, the ninth of which asked for the “sacred right to the elective franchise.” It produced a document that borrowed the words of the Declaration of Independence called the Declaration of Sentiments. For 10 points, name this 1848 meeting in New York led by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton in support of women’s rights. ANSWER: Seneca Falls Convention 134-11-60-09105 BONUS: What editor of The Liberator sat with Mott and Stanton in the women's section at the first World's Anti-Slavery Convention in protest of a rule prohibiting women to speak? ANSWER: William Lloyd Garrison 134-11-60-0910-1 6. This state is the home of bodies of water such as Lake Isom, which is a National Wildlife Refuge area, and Reelfoot Lake. The city of Murfreesboro is the geographic center of this state, and attractions like the National Civil Rights Museum, found in the former Lorraine Motel, and Graceland are found in this state's city of Memphis. For 10 points, name this state, with capital in Nashville. ANSWER: Tennessee 088-11-60-09106 BONUS: The highest point in Tennessee is Clingmans Dome, which is part of this subrange of the Appalachian Mountains. ANSWER: Great Smoky Mountains [or the Smokies] 088-11-60-0910-1 7.
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